I've recently started working shifts, of which one week in three is a night shift 4 x 8pm to 6am. I'm fine getting enough sleep before the first by staying up late the night before and sleeping in. I like the shifts themselves, having the mornings to myself and sleeping in the afternoon. But I'm struggling with what to do at the end of the week, it's taking me three days to get back to sleeping at night, I feel rough and generally run down. Part of the appeal of this job was the four day week, but there's no point in that if I spend three of them recovering. The job itself isn't physically or mentally hard, I have no problems on the day shifts.
So, what have those of you who have worked shifts done? Did you find something that worked or was it always a struggle?
Thanks